Journal Junction for April 10

April 10, 2013

Editor's note: Journal Junction offers the public a forum to applaud successes, discuss issues, point out problems and review the events of the day in a constructive manner. Journal Junction comments should be limited to two to four sentences and be no longer than 80 words. Longer comments should be submitted as "Letters to the Editor,"?which is a separate forum. The Journal's classified ads section offers help to those with lost or found items. This is a sampling of comments received today. Any others, subject to editing, are published in the online Journal Junction at www.journal-news.net under opinions.

From Bunker Hill:

Bunker Hill Community, we need your help! The Science/Nature Center at Bunker Hill Elementary School has been vandalized three times. The PTA has put forth a great deal of time, money and effort for this project so that we have a nice interactive science area for students. Please notify the school or police if you have any information regarding this vandalism.

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From Martinsburg:

World history tells us why our liberal left government wants to curtail private firearm ownership. No nation ever was undermined or subverted when their citizens had the right to own firearms. Background checks tell those in power where guns are punishing those criminals with present laws. Using firearms will end criminal gun usage without registration.

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From Harpers Ferry:

How can you shoot someone in the head and not get charged, but get charged 2 to 5 years for pistol whipping someone? Is it because the victim in the case was an illegal immigrant and no one had any regard for his life? This is a human being just like everybody else, regardless of his immigration status. I think Mr. Bennett should have gotten life in prison.

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From Martinsburg:

Sunday night I heard on the sports show that Dante Grantham was offered a scholarship to play basketball at WVU. I was wondering why it wasn't newsworthy enough for The Journal to put a little something in the paper about it. It's been three days and I haven't seen anything yet.

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From Inwood:

In question of everyone's electric bill going so high, I could not find the state attorney general's number. I have a number for the public service commission utility complaint, 1-800-642-8544. If we don't speak up now, shame on us! On all of us! These are unreasonable rates. If there is no response, I guess our city leaders have the money to pay their high bills, no matter how high. We need to get together on this.

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From Hedgesville:

I checked into the comments about the chapel at the Martinsburg VA hospital being torn down to create more parking spaces. Their comment was that it is not true.

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From Inwood:

To the person who said his wife and daughter are after him to take them to church, but he doesn't want to go because he has found churches to be full of self-righteous people: Please give Bethel Assembly of God a chance. We're all sinners and we have all been forgiven by the blood of Jesus. Please come to our church.

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From Martinsburg:

In response to the caller who said Sean O'Leary was close to someone smoking dope: If West Virginia doesn't wake up and believe someone who is knowledgeable and has the facts to back up his statements, they will doom West Virginia to stay as it is - prejudiced, polluted and impoverished.

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From Falling Waters:

My meter was read this past power bill and it went up by four times the amount. They (meter readers) are only coming to read them when they feel like reading them. However, the meters should be read each time. It should and can't be left up to us to read the meter for them; they are paid to do this job.

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From Leetown:

I think that shooting stray cats certainly makes more sense than feeding them, but most of us just don't have the stomach to shoot a poor, unfortunate stray. Overall, the pain and cost of euthanasia by a vet is much, much less than neutering, releasing and feeding strays, and less sickening than shooting.

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From Martinsburg:

North Middle School is celebrating 50 Years of North at 6 p.m. May 22, and we need the public's help! If you have any old photographs or memorabilia of NMS, we would love to have/borrow it! You can email pictures to mupdike@access.k12.wv.us. We look forward to celebrating with you, so mark you calendars now! Any questions, please call Rebekah Eyler at North Middle 304-267-3540 or email: reyler@access.k12.wv.us.

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From Bunker Hill:

If you live along Sam Mason Rd. give a big thank you to Brenda Olinger on Phillips Lane Bunker Hill for using her time to pick up the trash and keeping our neighborhood looking good. Great job!

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From Inwood:

The leaders of the NRA have taken the Second Amendment and shot a hole in it. Shame on them for fighting some kind of limits on (people-killing) assault weapons with multiple magazines. Nobody should have need for one of these except law enforcement. What will they want next? "Let's arm the kids," they might say. Will you follow them like the cult followed Jim Jones? Just saying, it's something to think about.

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From Martinsburg:

A year later, the same Journal Junctioneers are griping about gas prices. They're still mad as hornets over President Obama's health care overhaul. And they're still losing their wallets in WalMart parking lots. Ever get the feeling nothing ever changes on Journal Junction, and nothing ever improves, despite all of the angst these lost souls express?

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From Martinsburg:

The recent cat fights here at JJ have taught me 3 things. First, those who feed strays are very selfish; they don't care what this does to other cats, cat owners or critters, they just want to be loved by another dependent stray. Second, they ignore the slow, cruel death that most fed strays suffer. Third, many stray feeders are insanely hostile toward those who disagree with them, especially those who advocate a quick, painless death for wild strays.

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From Hedgesville:

Most sinners want to walk into a church as much as most criminals want to visit a police station.

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From Shenandoah Junction:

To the Inwood man who does not want to go to church with his wife: I urge you to rethink your position. Your wife is not asking you to do anything immoral. Sometimes we should do things for our spouses simply because it is important to them.

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From Martinsburg:

To all those bashing the lady in charge of the Apple Harvest Queen: I would just like to inform you that the Board of Directors for the Apple Harvest Festival votes on who becomes queen. And last time I checked, that was like 19 people. So instead of bashing one lady, you must lay blame on all 19. And by the way, this lady works very hard to make that pageant a success.

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From Martinsburg:

Have chair cushions that need reupholstered. Would like to keep business local. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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From Martinsburg:

If same-sex marriage were totally legalized tomorrow nationwide, just how much difference would it make to your life, really? While we are dumping tons of effort into this subject, the more important things, i.e. the economy, are circling the drain. Smart, huh?

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From Berkeley Springs:

Do you want Congress to be more responsive to the needs of their constituents? Get rid of all this crap about reaching across the aisle, or the other side of the aisle, etc. Make the representatives sit together with others from their own state and arrange the seating in the order in which the states were admitted to the union. Get rid of all the "party loyalty" and replace it with "constituent loyalty."

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From Bunker Hill:

Please tell me where I can sign up to join the class action lawsuit against Potomac Edison! This has got to stop! We've got to band together and do something!

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From Martinsburg:

Was out on the Rt. 9 trail today and never saw so many smiles. I'd use the trail more if I didn't have to put my bike in the truck and drive to the jail. Are there any plans to bring it into Martinsburg or connect with Raleigh St. Extension? Just asking.